From 6a14ddbda5eb793fb27306ff66ba31deae0af017 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stonewall Jackson Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 22:25:57 -0400 Subject: reevaluating-rhel: edits based on some fediverse discussions --- src/blog/reevaluating-rhel/index.md | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/blog/reevaluating-rhel/index.md b/src/blog/reevaluating-rhel/index.md index 90c27e5..f236133 100644 --- a/src/blog/reevaluating-rhel/index.md +++ b/src/blog/reevaluating-rhel/index.md @@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ as I honestly find such things tedious and boring. The Software Freedom Conserva has written a detailed analysis of the situation [here](https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/). To summarize: RedHat almost certainly has the right to do this, even if it is -against the spirit of most free software licenses and unprecedented in the FOSS -community until now. At the moment, I'm more concerned about how this will affect -my own projects. +against the spirit of most free software licenses. At the moment, I'm more +concerned about how this will affect my own projects. ## I'm heavily invested in Rocky Linux. @@ -76,8 +75,7 @@ To me, there's three major downsides to sticking with a RHEL-derivative: support altogether ([Exhibit A](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/removing-official-support-red-hat-enterprise-linux)). - By sticking with a RHEL-based distro, I'm giving my implicit support to RedHat's - mistreatment of the wider FOSS community. Feels gross--maybe it's just time to - move on? + alleged mistreatment of the wider FOSS community. Maybe it's just time to move on? First, **immediately after** everyone got done migrating the CentOS 8, RedHat pulled the plug on CentOS. -- cgit